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Forging Futures in Conservation Careers
Conservation partners and Karatina University leadership at the symposium. © Save the Elephants/Karatina University A symposium organised by Save the Elephants to encourage...
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An Adventurer and a Teacher
Naisula in Samburu National Reserve earlier this year © Meha Kumar/Save the Elephants In December 2023, Naisula, the tracked matriarch of the Samburu Ladies, led her herd...
Anastasia and Grace…
Today we saw one of those elephant behaviours which make us wonder what is going on in the heads of these complex, conscious beings.The Royals are the largest family unit of elephants we have identified within Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba...
Elephants of the Red Volta
In July this year, EarthWatch Institute (Europe) offered Save the Elephants a fully-funded place on one of its projects, Elephants of the Red Volta in Ghana-African capacity building programme. The Project aims to provide information to conserve the...
STE awarded The Special Achievement in GIS
At the 26th ESRI User Conference 2006, Save the Elephants was awarded The Special Achievement in GIS Award by Jack Dangermond.During the award presentation, Jack the President and founder of ESRI hailed Save the Elephants for the highly successful...
Report on the death of Mohammad Sime
Mohammad Sime was a young man of the Borana tribe who lived in Isiolo. He earned his living selling bracelets and other jewellery to the tourists at the Buffalo Springs airstrip. In this way, he was well known to Iain and Oria, who often use this...
The Story of Dorobo
A year ago George Wittemyer reported a new elephant and her family sighted within Buffalo Springs National Reserve, the first time this had happened in six years. George made a careful analysis of the age structure of Dorobo and the six calves, and...
Field Update from Samburu
I came out here towards the end of January and have been busy with finalising all the student selections and getting them off to school. A lot of interesting things have happened up here in Samburu. Please read on...Students - Nine (9) kids went off...
Intimate Valentine’s dinner for the Elephants
An intimate Valentine's dinner and concert benefitting Save the Elephants was held in Seattle...On 14th February 2006, Jazz musician Kenny G & actor Pierce Brosnan came together and held a "Save the Elephants" Valentine's Day benefit whose proceeds...
Veterinary Report On The Immobilization of Elephants in Marsabit
Considering the terrain and ground cover by forest and the road structure it was decided that the most practical and possible way to dart the animal in this area was on foot.The elephants were located either by car, air or through information from...
New Elephant Family in Buffalo Springs
The most interesting bit of news is regarding a new family identified in Buffalo Springs.We have occasionally come across unknown, very wild groups on the southern border or outside the Buffalo boundary. It has been over 6 years, however, since we...
Wilderness First Aid Training
31st May - 2nd June 2005 On Monday 30th May 2005, David Gachuche, Benard Lesowapir and I drove to Samburu to attend a Wilderness First Aid Course which was conducted by Nick Miller of Rift Valley Adventure.Other people also attending the course...